Archive of January, 2023

January, 31 2023

13 tips to help you read more books this year Use different features from Google Books, Google Play, Android and more to read more books this [...] - Inside Search
Google SEO Tips For News Articles: Lastmod Tag, Separate Sitemaps via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Maximize the visibility of news articles with tips from Google's John Mueller and Gary Illyes on [...] - Search Engine Journal
LinkedIn now lets you add an SEO title and description Publishing articles on LinkedIn? Now you can customize how your SEO title and description will [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 31 Google releases URL Inspection Tool API, plus: AdWords IF functions, Page Speed Update confusion, [...] - Search Engine Land
Yandex Search Ranking Factors Leak: Insights via @sejournal, @martinibuster Catching up with the Yandex ranking factors leak, what it's all about - Search Engine Journal
OpenAI launches new tool to detect AI-generated text This new web-based AI Text Classifier tool predicts how likely it is that text was written by a [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Still Does Not Have Optimal Keyword Density Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
More Bing Search Features & Tests Here is another batch of Microsoft Bing Search tests and features that were caught out in the wild [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Twitter announces the end of CoTweets Twitter discontinues co-tweeting feature after it failed to meet expectations under Elon Musk's [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Spammy Links From Porn Sites Are Not Something To Prioritize Google has posted one of its Google SEO office-hours, this one was posted today, recorded in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Yahoo Working On Yahoo Search Last week I reported that Yahoo Search posted on Twitter that it will be making search cool again. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Internal linking for ecommerce: The ultimate guide Learn nine best practices for internally linking pages on ecommerce websites, plus examples of [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 30 2023

Google’s Gary Illyes Answers Your SEO Questions On LinkedIn via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Analyst Gary Illyes offers guidance on large robots.txt files, the SEO impact of website [...] - Search Engine Journal
Yahoo is making a return to search Yahoo has been dropping hints over the past couple weeks about its return to competing in the [...] - Search Engine Land
Yandex scrapes Google and other SEO learnings from the source code leak Yandex isn't Google, but there is a lot SEOs can learn about how a modern search engine is built [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: If You Redesign Your Site Your Rankings May Go Nuts Gary Illyes from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn. This time he [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Yandex Search Ranking Factors Leaked & Revealed Yandex had a boatload of its source code across all its technology allegedly leaked by a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
9 tips to get the full SEO benefits of long-tail keywords Using long-tail keywords can be powerful and effective for SEO. Learn why it’s important to [...] - Search Engine Land
How to write a listicle (with 6 examples) While writing listicles can be straightforward, you can make them more engaging and [...] - Search Engine Land
Unconfirmed Google Product Reviews Update On Thursday, January 26th? On Thursday, January 26th, there were some signs of a possible Google search ranking algorithm [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 30 Jumpshot shuts down, plus: Google publishes featured snippet guide, Universal Search expands, local [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads News & Feature Announcements Dry Up The Google Ads team has not posted a new feature announcement or any new announcements on its new [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Don't Use Relative Paths In Your rel-canonical Gary Illyes from from the Google Search Relations team posted another PSA on LinkedIn, this one [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Baidu working on AI chatbot service that will be added to search Baidu reportedly is planning to launch its AI chatbot as a standalone app before incorporating it [...] - Search Engine Land
New updates for the GA4 search bar The new updates allow additional views into accounts and properties. - Search Engine Land

January, 29 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 29 Google penalizes a link network, plus: paid search spending, Google warns about article [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 28 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 28 Featured snippets introduced, plus: Hamlet Batista passes away, Google buys DeepMind, Google ad [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 27 2023

Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors SEOs have already started analyzing Yandex's search ranking factors, which include PageRank and [...] - Search Engine Land
Is ChatGPT Use Of Web Content Fair? via @sejournal, @martinibuster A review of ethical concerns regarding how ChatGPT and other large language models use web content [...] - Search Engine Journal
Gary Illyes: Google Search Handles marquee Tags Appropriately Gary Illyes, from the Google Search Relations team, said on LinkedIn that Google Search handles the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Where should you spend your SEO budget? Backlinks? UX? Content? When determining where to invest your SEO budget, you must put a premium on [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Updates Discover Follow Feed Guidelines via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the Discover Follow feed guidelines to highlight the importance of two feed elements - Search Engine Journal
This day in search marketing history: January 27 Google AdWords API launches, plus: PAA vs. featured snippets, Google hiring an SEO, Expanded Text [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Account-level negative keywords are here Now you can apply the same negative keyword lists you already use across multiple campaigns. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Gains Account-Level Negative Keywords We knew it was coming, Google Ads now supports negative keywords for brand safety at the account [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to build a winning SEO tool stack for 2023 Tools make every SEO practitioner's life more manageable. Here are some recommendations to consider [...] - Search Engine Land
Moving on from search engine optimization to search optimization Our search campaigns should focus on overall visibility on the web rather than only giving [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Layoffs, DOJ Sues Google, Search Console Content Ideas & Google Optimize Going Away, Yahoo Search Comeback As I mentioned briefly last week, Google announced mass layoffs last week, and I discuss what I [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Cotton Candy Machine In London - Search Engine Roundtable
Poll: Most SEOs Won't Recommend Using AI To Write Content A new Twitter poll shows that most SEOs do not yet feel comfortable recommending using AI to write [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Result Snippet Scrollable On Some Browsers Did you know that in some browsers, specifically on Android on Chrome and maybe others, that you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 26 2023

What is ChatGPT and why SEOs should care Learn how this AI-powered chatbot works, who's behind the technology, and what it can – and [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Search Menu Drop Down With Explore & Collect For Images Microsoft Bing is testing a new search bar interface on image search (I believe) where the search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 26 LinkedIn Ads launches, plus: holiday retail insights, crappy results, Google Panda 3.2, sitemap [...] - Search Engine Land
Google rolling out cars for sale in Google Business Profiles US based dealerships can now all add their inventory to their local business profile in Google. - Search Engine Land
Google Publishes A New SEO Case Study, This One From Vimeo On Video SEO A couple of weeks after I said I thought Google would stop publishing SEO case studies, Google just [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Performance Max for B2B: 4 best practices While B2B is not broadly impacted by the move to PMax, it's best to learn the ins and outs before [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Content Ideas Going Away March 28th? Last December, we caught Google testing an experimental feature named content ideas in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Golf Tee Shirt By Google Designer - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 25 2023

Google Merchant Listing Experiences: Tips For Optimizing Product Pages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Developer Advocate Alan Kent shares ways to optimize product pages to ensure eligibility [...] - Search Engine Journal
Resolve to get SEO done in 2023 – Here’s how This year, overcome common obstacles to search success and get SEO done right with these five [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 25 Google defuses miserable failure, plus: Topics API replaces FloC, value-based bidding, average [...] - Search Engine Land
Apple Business Connect: Your guide to getting started With Business Connect, you can now customize the way your business information appears across Apple [...] - Search Engine Land
Bing Tests Infinite Scroll Microsoft Bing is testing infinite scroll just a month after Google fully launched continuous [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Two Justifications In The Google Local Search Results Now, Google is showing double justifications for some local results. Google's local search results [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Generating Fake URLs On Competitors Site Shouldn't Hurt The Site In Google Search John Mueller from Google said that bulk-generating fake URLs of your competitor's site should not [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 24 2023

Google updates image SEO best practices and Google Discover docs The title and link elements are most important for RSS feed follow in Discover and Google parses [...] - Search Engine Land
Report: Google Pushing Advertisers To Use Agencies & Third Party Resellers Digiday reported that with the mass Google layoffs, Google advertisers are being encouraged to work [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Include Your Canonical URLs In Your Sitemap File Google's Gary Illyes said on LinkedIn this morning that you should "include the URLs that you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Research, 2022 & Beyond: Responsible AI Posted by Marian Croak, VP, Google Research, Responsible AI and Human-Centered Technology [...] - Google Research
Yoast SEO version 20 with a new interface for settings Today, Yoast SEO is rolling out a large update that revamps the user interface. - Search Engine Land
US Justice Department sues Google again, aims to dismantle its ad division Google is accused of violating antitrust laws in acquiring or maintaining dominance. - Search Engine Land
Title & Link Are The Important Content For The Google Discover Follow Feature Google has updated its Get On Discover page in the RSS feed for the Follow feature in Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Understanding quiet quitting in SEO – the silent exodus By prioritizing the needs and well-being of your team, you can create a work environment that is [...] - Search Engine Land
Google To Sunset Google Optimize On September 30, 2023 Google will be sunsetting, killing off, the Google Optimize product on September 30, 2023. [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
5 ways to bring in the Year of the Rabbit with Google Happy Lunar New Year! Here’s how you can use Google products to celebrate the Year of the [...] - Inside Search
Google Parses img Elements Even When Enclosed Within Other Elements Google has also updated the image SEO best practices document to clarify that Google will parses [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 24 Google Ads experts managing your campaigns, plus: favicons, Google organic search CTRs decline, [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 24, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 23 2023

Google’s Founders Return: How ChatGPT Is Changing Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have reportedly made a surprise return to approve [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Optimize will sunset this year Any experiments and personalizations still active will end. - Search Engine Land
Google Ads down for some users Keep checking Twitter, or the Ads Status Dashboard for more updates. - Search Engine Land
Possible Bing Algorithm Update On Wednesday, January 18th There was a possible Bing algorithm update that rolled out on January 18, 2023 that's impacting [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to write a checklist article: A 5-step checklist A checklist for writing a checklist? Why not. Learn how to master this content type, including how [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 23, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 23 Expedia buys Travelocity, plus: Don't Be Evil tool, semantic search, Position 6 penalty, unlimited [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Outages Impacting Many Advertisers Google has confirmed outages across the Google Ads network, including Google Ads for Search, Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Webinar: Think spiderwebs, not funnels, for remarkable SEO results by Cynthia Ramsaran Make the most out of your organic content strategy to get better traffic outcomes. - Search Engine Land
How Google’s turn to resellers coincides with its largest round of layoffs The layoffs may be closely tied to another shift in strategy - the increasing reliance on resellers. - Search Engine Land
Vlog #207: Jeff Ferguson's History In The Search Marketing Space Jeff Ferguson is the CEO of Amplitude Digital, and he has been in the search space for a really [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 22 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 22 Google deduplicates featured snippets, plus: Facebook and Twitter signals, blacklisting domains, [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 21 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 21 Google explains the core algorithm, plus: indexifembedded, Google sets sights on content farms, [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 20 2023

Report: Google search will debut chatbot features this year Google has put A.I. 'front and center' and brought sought help from founders Larry Page and Sergey [...] - Search Engine Land
13 key SEO metrics to track in 2023 The right SEO metrics to track will depend on your marketing goals. Get started with these useful [...] - Search Engine Land
How Google’s continuous scroll can impact SEO Ranking on Google's first page will be useless if there's only one page of search results. Learn [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Order Online Button At Top Of Snippet Google is testing the "order online" button from the bottom of the search result snippet [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms? The Verge covers Red Ventures's use of AI to write content that ranks well in search at a low cost. - Search Engine Land
Alphabet to lay off 12,000 roles across various product areas, levels, functions, and regions For the first time in the company's 25 year history, Google parent Alphabet has announced a mass [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 20 Matt Cutts forks guest blogging, plus: Semrush buys Backlinko, ranking factor study, a Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Businesses, users, and experts defend big tech against algorithm lawsuits. The outcome of this case could have significant implications for the way that internet companies [...] - Search Engine Land
New Google Maps Posting Restrictions For User Generated Content (Reviews, Photos & Videos) Google has posted a new help document for posting restrictions around user-generated content in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Explains Why The Affiliate Programs Spam Documentation Were Removed Last October, Google revamped its Google Webmaster Guidelines into Google Search Essentials and one [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
TikTok has a secret “Heating” (cheating?) button Employees of TikTok and ByteDance are misusing "heating" privileges by boosting the view [...] - Search Engine Land
Space Helmet Date Wall At Google Hyderabad Office - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 19 2023

How to maximize your ecommerce campaigns with Performance Max Rethinking your Google Ads campaign setup lets you stand out from the competition. Learn tips to [...] - Search Engine Land
New Performance Max experiments have just rolled out You can now test Performance Max updates in your account and monitor results before applying the [...] - Search Engine Land
How to create an enterprise SEO monthly report An enterprise SEO monthly report has metrics like ROI that your C-suite can understand. Learn how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Rolling Out Performance Max Experiments Google is rolling out Performance Max experiments in Google Ads today. We knew this would come and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 19 Google's page layout algorithm, plus: Matt Cutts resigns from Google, Top Stories deduplication, [...] - Search Engine Land
Green Google Singapore Office - Search Engine Roundtable
Technical SEO report reveals what matters in 2023 The state of technical SEO is strong. Here are some findings from a new report on what will matter [...] - Search Engine Land
Product results in Google’s performance report may see an increase in impressions and clicks This report no longer requires structured data and if Google finds products in your content, it may [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Search Performance Product Results Clicks & Impressions Spike Google has posted that you may see an increase in clicks and impressions in your search performance [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Drops Playable Podcast Rich Snippets Google has dropped the playable podcast search result rich snippets. 9to5Google reported this [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update On Wednesday? It looks like we may have had another tremor or Google search ranking algorithm update kickoff [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google improves error classification in video indexing report The total number of errors should not change, this is just a reclassification of those errors. - Search Engine Land

January, 18 2023

Google Research, 2022 & Beyond: Language, Vision and Generative Models Posted by Jeff Dean, Senior Fellow and SVP of Google Research, on behalf of the Google Research [...] - Google Research
Ecommerce content: How to demonstrate beneficial purpose and expertise Google’s addition of an extra E to E-A-T for “experience” enforces the need to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Removes Embedded Podcasts From Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google has quietly removed embedded podcasts from search results. Users will no longer be able to [...] - Search Engine Journal
This day in search marketing history: January 18 Google's SOPA/PIPA prorest, plus: URL changes, Google core algorithm updates, AdWords mobile [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Google Quality Updates Can Impact Crawling & Indexing Google's John Mueller said again that its quality updates, like core updates and the others in the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Efficiency vs. volume in PPC: 4 tips to strike a balance in incremental conversions Take a step back, look at the business overall and understand how incremental spend or savings [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 18, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discontinues Google Posts Insights Google Posts insights is no longer working, it has been discontinued according to the Google [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Singapore Google Product Expert Summit - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Having A Website With The Same Name As Another Site Is Fine For Search Google's John Mueller was asked about if it is okay with Google Search to have a website with the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 17 2023

Take your search marketing skills to the next level in 2023 Dive deep into GA4, Google Ads, technical SEO, and more with an expert-led SMX Master Class! - Search Engine Land
Google ranking signals: A complete breakdown of all confirmed, rumored and false factors An easy-to-read, highly condensed analysis of all the known, confirmed, rumored, and absolute [...] - Search Engine Land
Google New York City Inside Green Beach Chairs - Search Engine Roundtable
How to avoid 7 mistakes that tank retail Performance Max campaigns Learn how you can avoid repeating some serious mistakes that advertisers have made with their [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 17 The Google Speed Update, plus: links important for ranking, cross-device conversions, SOPA, Google [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 17, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Will Ignore Robots.txt Rules If It Serves A 4xx Status Code Here is another PSA from Gary Illyes of Google. In short, if you serve a 4xx status code with your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to optimize Core Web Vitals in 2023 by DebugBear Follow these tips to pass Google’s page experience requirements and rank higher than your [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Perspectives & Opinions Google seems to be testing a new box in the search results named perspectives and opinions. The [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Tests New Location Override Feature For a long, long time, Google has given searchers a way to override the location Google Search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Publishing Frequency Does Not Make Something Spam John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that "publishing frequency alone does not make [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Local Check Wait Time Button Google is testing a "check wait time" button for some local results in the Google search [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 16 2023

Google Business Profile Image Server Rejected Upload Bug Late last week, Google Business Profiles had a bug where uploading images to your business profile [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Business Profiles Attribute Details Beta Google Business Profiles seems to be testing, beta testing, the ability for businesses to add more [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Unlikely To Increase Request Indexing Quota In Search Console Google's John Mueller said that Google Search Console's URL Inspection tool to submit a page to be [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to write a blog post that wins in 10 steps To give yourself the best chance at writing incredible, results-getting blog posts, make sure to [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 16 Google explains crawl budget, plus: website outages and blackouts the right way, Google doing 1 [...] - Search Engine Land
Google's John Mueller: More About Head Section & JavaScript Last week we reported on a comment made by John Mueller of Google about the head section of your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Why is my WordPress site not ranking? by InMotion Hosting Practical tips to improve your search engine rank. - Search Engine Land
Weekend Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update - Saturday, January 14 Just a couple of days after the December 2022 helpful content update and link spam update finished, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 15 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 15 Facebook Graph Search arrives In 2013, Facebook announced a new experience that it called [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 14 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 14 What happened when we turned off AMP, plus: Shopify's chat bug, comment spam, mobile first, missing [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 13 2023

Google Knowledge Panel Recent Images Carousel Google has a "recent images" photo carousel for some knowledge panels. For example, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Local SEOs: Check Your Photos In Your Google Maps Pin Overlay Mike Blumenthal dropped a simple but thoughtful local SEO tip that all businesses should do some [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 13 Google's Matt Cutts search integrity tour, plus: core updates, Carol Bartz becomes Yahoo CEO, Baidu [...] - Search Engine Land
3 core skills that will help advance your SEM career Learn three essential skills you must develop to progress your SEM career and ways you can apply [...] - Search Engine Land
AI content: Is it helpful or spam? AI-generated content has its place in SEO. Whether it's helpful or spam depends on how, where and [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done, Linking To Sellers, AI Content & Apple Business Connect This week, the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam updates are finally [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's Helpful Content & Link Spam Updates Done Rolling Out On January 12th After a long slow and paused rollout, Google has said that both the December 2022 helpful content [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Does Google Conduct Link Buying Sting Operations? They Don't Need To. A Reddit thread asks if Google engages in link-buying sting operations where they will pretend to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 12 2023

Google Reiterates Guidelines On AI Written Content After Bankrate AI Content Writer Gains Attention Over the last few days or so, Bankrate has been gaining a lot of attention in the SEO space. They [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search on using AI to write content In short, don't produce content that is written just for search ranking. - Search Engine Land
Google Chrome Team Shares Tips For Optimizing Core Web Vitals via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's Chrome team shares an updated set of recommendations for optimizing Core Web Vitals to [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google December 2022 link spam update done rolling out That's a wrap, the second Google algorithm update this month is done rolling out. - Search Engine Land
Google: Keep Your HTML Head Section Clean Google's John Mueller said when it comes to your HTML head section, you want to ensure that section [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s December 2022 helpful content update is now done rolling out The update started on December 5th and completed X days later on December X. - Search Engine Land
Google Says Writing SEO Case Studies Are Quite Challenging Google has this SEO case studies and success stories page since 2019 and they have updated it a few [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
8 dangers of copying another brand’s SEO When trying to match what high-ranking competitor sites are doing, there is a risk of going [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 12 Google Panda becomes a core ranking signals, plus: R.I.P. link command, Google Japan’s [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Tests Trending Stories From Country/Region Google Search is testing displaying news stories for users in a specific country or region, from a [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 11 2023

Google: Product Reviews Linking To Multiple Sellers May Get Boost via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google Developer Advocate Alan Kent says product reviews linking to multiple sellers may get a [...] - Search Engine Journal
12 new Google Analytics 4 ecommerce dimensions and metrics Ecommerce advertisers and brands will now be able view which items were added to cart, purchased, [...] - Search Engine Land
TikTok, Facebook and beyond: Driving ROAS outside of Google and Microsoft Turning to some of the newer social media and advertising platforms can help brands activate more [...] - Search Engine Land
Google: Linking To Multiple Providers In Product Reviews Might Give A Small Ranking Boost In Google's fifth release of the product reviews update, Google added that linking to multiple [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 11 Google's mobile intrusive interstitials penalty, plus: AdWords eases negative keyword management, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles to stop allowing price ranges on products on February 15 Also, Google will no longer support custom call to actions. - Search Engine Land
Case study: Are indented search results on Google actually hurting your business? Most businesses might think having two search results on Page 1 is a good thing. This is not always [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Business Profiles Products Price Ranges & Custom Call To Actions Going Away Google Business Profiles will stop supporting price ranges for products and custom call to actions, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Apple Maps relaunches Apple Business Connect Initially launched about a decade ago, now Apple is adding numerous features for businesses, [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 10 2023

Google’s John Mueller: Move JavaScript Below HTML Headers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google's John Mueller suggests placing JavaScript code below the HTML header tag to make sure that [...] - Search Engine Journal
3 PPC marketing trends to keep a pulse on in 2023 Make sure to consider these key PPC trends as you build out your 2023 search marketing strategies. - Search Engine Land
5 times you’ll need an expert SEO in 2023 If you don’t enlist the help of a true professional for these five scenarios, you are risking [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 10 Google launches Search Plus Your World, plus: subtopics ranking, Google Ads custom dimensions, [...] - Search Engine Land
Poll: Most SEOs Not Using Google Analytics 4 Carrie Hill posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs, her followers, what the status of their GA4, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Instances : For Recurring Events & Festivals Google Search has a feature named "instances" that shows you when an event happened each [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Maps 360 View For Popular Business Profiles Google Maps can now show 360 views of the outside of some famous buildings and places. This gives [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Traffic Is Not A Measure Of Search Quality Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that traffic is not necessarily a quality measure. Basically, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 9 2023

Arbitrage in Google’s Local Services Ads: What you need to know Spam in the local search space appears to have moved into another area that Google is unable to [...] - Search Engine Land
How to build a ‘helpful’ content strategy for 2023 Valuable content can move the needle at every stage of the buying journey. Here are tips for [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft, BigCommerce team up to launch new marketplace Ads and Listings The new collaboration allows BigCommerce merchants to reach millions of potential new customers [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Local Service Ads are now available for dentists This is the first new vertical Google has added to LSAs. - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 9 AdWords Managed Accounts got shared negative lists, plus: a Google knowledge graph hack, [...] - Search Engine Land
How to create an awards page that adds authority to your website (plus 7 examples) Wondering how to create an effective awards page? Here are six tips with seven examples from [...] - Search Engine Land
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 9, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Helpful Content Update & Link Spam Update Can Take Another Week Or Two To Complete Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said on Twitter on Friday afternoon that the December [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Rolling Out An Algorithm Update Is Like Planting Seeds In A Garden Google's John Mueller said that with some Google search algorithm updates, it is like when you [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Updated The Googlebot's IP Addresses In JSON File Google has updated the JSON files with the list of IP addresses Googlebot. I believe Google added [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Site Name Documentation Clarifies M-Dot & WWW Are Considered Domain-Level Google has once again updated the relatively new documentation around Site Names in Google Search, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #205: Mark Saltarelli On Start Up Campaigns and B2B Marketing with Demand Generation Mark Saltarelli used to work at Cypress North for a couple of years but wanted to go in-house and [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 8 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 8 A shift from keyword research to intent research, plus: search engines taking data from SEOs, PPC [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 7 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 7 The Spam Clock targets Google spam, plus: link removal request figures, loads of new tools and [...] - Search Engine Land

January, 6 2023

Google Answers How Long It Takes To Recover From Algorithmic Penalty via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google answers how long it takes for a site to become eligible to regain search rankings after [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google's John Mueller On Using AI & ChatGPT For Title Tag Ideas Google's John Mueller said on Mastodon that using AI or ChatGPT blindly for title tag generation is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Core Web Vitals Not A Google Discover Requirement Do you need outstanding core web vital scores to be included in Google Discover? The answer is no, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google’s December 2022 helpful content and link spam update still rolling out Google said these updates may take one to two weeks longer to complete. - Search Engine Land
What to do when the wrong page ranks for a keyword Learn a search engine de-optimization process you can use to earn more clicks from qualified [...] - Search Engine Land
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Still Rolling Out Updates, Start & End Dates Are Confusing, Bing To Add ChatGPT, SEO Is Bad & More Welcome to the first video recap of 2023, where I start with the January 2023 Google webmaster [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 6 Google Webmaster Tools added unnatural links and cloaking spam warnings, plus: Google Shops, how [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Crawl Stats Report Doesn't Show Location Of Googlebot Crawl As you know, Google can now crawl from locations outside of the United States. We know this is [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google and Meta are losing their edge as TikTok, Amazon, Instacart ads grow For the first time in a decade, ad giants Google and Meta are slowing down, making room for [...] - Search Engine Land
Microsoft Bing Tests Zoomable Sitelinks Microsoft Bing is at it again, this time testing a sitelink interface that zooms in and expands as [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 5 2023

Google Recommends Multiple Date Signals On Webpages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google stresses the importance of including multiple date indicators on webpages to ensure that the [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Search Research Paper Says SEO Practices Tends To Be Very Low Quality A Google research paper named Generative Models are Unsupervised Predictors of Page Quality paints [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to make PPC automation work for lead gen Paid search automation isn't just for ecommerce. It is also an effective tool for B2B lead [...] - Search Engine Land
Why advertisers should reassess Google Ads recommendations Google Ads is fundamentally changing the way recommendations work. Here's why you should take [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Ads Remove Redundant Keywords Recommendation Now Applies Across Match Types Google has sent out email notifications to some Google Ads advertisers about changes happening to [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 5 Google AdWords introduces click-to-call ads, plus: IndexNow WordPress plugin, AdWords 2x budget [...] - Search Engine Land
Google agrees to pay up in 12 year class-action lawsuit The settlement would bring an end to a privacy-focused consumer class action lawsuit in California - Search Engine Land
What is an SEO product manager? SEO product managers are the teammate you never knew you needed. It's also a role in-house teams [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Console Survey - Hint On What May Come? Google seems to be sending out surveys about Google Search Console and potential future development [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 4 2023

Microsoft Bing With ChatCPT Reportedly Launching In March via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft's Bing search engine is set to get a boost with the integration of OpenAI's ChatGPT [...] - Search Engine Journal
Google Updates Article Structured Data Guidance via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google updated the guidance for the headline property of the articles structured data - Search Engine Journal
A 5-step framework to scale your content operations and SEO Don't let a lack of content operational system sabotage your SEO success by killing output, [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Ranking Algorithm Update Signals On January 3rd & 4th As the Google December 2022 helpful content update and link spam update continue to roll out, I am [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft to add ChatGPT features to Bing Search Microsoft wouldn't comment but this feature can launch in the next couple of months, sources say. - Search Engine Land
4 tips to build a data-centric culture in your agency Start laying the groundwork to build a culture of data within your organization by following these [...] - Search Engine Land
Google drops the character limit for headlines in article structured data Google use to have a 110 character limit, now Google says there is no hard limit. - Search Engine Land
Google’s “Remove redundant keywords” recommendations have changed Google says the change won't negatively impact performance. - Search Engine Land
Start & End Dates For Google Algorithm Updates Aren't Always Exact If you've been following my coverage here on confirmed Google search algorithm updates over the [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
This day in search marketing history: January 4 Learn what happened on Jan. 4 in SEO, PPC and digital marketing history, as reported by Search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google URL Inspection Tool Referring Page Can Show Nofollow Links But It's Rare Say John Mueller Google's John Mueller said it is possible that Google Search Console's URL inspection tool can show [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Drops 110 Character Limit From Article Headline Structured Data Google has updated the article structured data help documentation by removing the 110-character [...] - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 3 2023

Google: We Ignore Hidden Text On A Page Google's John Mueller said that when it comes to hidden text on a page, Google is "good at [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
SEO content writing vs. content writing: The key difference While SEO content writing and content writing differ, one is not better than the other. Here's why [...] - Search Engine Land
Commerce Components by Shopify gives large retailers new ways to use the platform With CCS, retailers can choose which components of Shopify they want to integrate into their own [...] - Search Engine Land
Ongoing Report: Google Search Console Not Tracking All Local Pack Clicks For the past few months or so, I've been tracking reports that suggest that Google Search Console [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Study: Reviews With Photos Last Longer In Google Local Results Another small study says that reviews with photos with them last a lot longer in the Google local [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
How to write an effective About Us page (with 13 examples) Learn best practices for creating an About Us page that tells your brand's story, connects with the [...] - Search Engine Land
This day in search marketing history: January 3 Learn what happened on Jan. 3 in SEO, PPC and digital marketing history, as reported by Search [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Search Full Coverage Label On Desktop Google since 2019 had this "full coverage" label for news stories that showed up in [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: The Helpful Content Update & Link Spam Update Still Ongoing Welcome back from the holidays, don't worry; you didn't miss much. The December 2022 helpful [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 3, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
TikTok adds 5 new ways to enforce safety for teen users Some of the policies were launched last year but have been improved with additional features to [...] - Search Engine Land
Google Outdoor Holiday Decorations In Brazil - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 2 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 2 Learn what happened on Jan. 2 in SEO, PPC and digital marketing history, as reported by Search [...] - Search Engine Land
John Mueller Of Google Helping SEOs On New Years 2023 John Mueller of Google was on the web, responding to SEO-related questions both on New Year's Eve [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google's John Mueller Said SEO Skills Needed For 2023 Are Curiosity & Persistence Google's John Mueller was asked what SEO skills does one need in 2023. To which he replied, [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
January 2023 Google Webmaster Report Welcome to 2023, and with that, here is our Google webmaster report for 2023 - where we summarize [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Vlog #204: Nicole Waddington On Working At A Digital Marketing Agency Nicole Waddington is a digital marketing strategist at Cypress North. She started her career as an [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google Tests New Cleaner Knowledge Panel Feedback Interface Google Knowledge Panels are fun and when they are wrong, you can submit feedback to Google directly [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Google: Page Numbers In Titles Of Paginated Pages Does Not Help With SEO Alan Kent from Google in the latest Google SEO office hours said that putting page numbers in your [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2023 Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine [...] - Search Engine Roundtable
Wood Structure At Google Kirkland - Search Engine Roundtable

January, 1 2023

This day in search marketing history: January 1 Learn what happened on Jan. 1 in SEO, PPC and digital marketing history, as reported by Search [...] - Search Engine Land